CVE-2015-6978 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer23 documents3 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Watchos+2 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6976, CVE-2015-6977, CVE-2015-6990, CVE-2015-6991, CVE-2015-6993, CVE-2015-7008, CVE-2015-7009, CVE-2015-7010, and CVE-2015-7018.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDapple/watchos2.0
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.0
▶NVDapple/iphone_os9.0.2
▶Appleapple/ios9.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-rq65-g62r-7h5f: FontParser in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-8rjh-6ccf-h49m: FontParser in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-9xqr-3j8q-q3jm: FontParser in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-2xpv-7mpx-xj47: FontParser in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-j8mh-39gv-q9jf: FontParser in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2015-6978: watchOS 2.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-6978: iOS 9.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-6978: OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, Security Update 2015-004 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-007 Mavericks↗
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